2 equal distinctions of 1st degree.
The jury awarded Adriana Sowa for her thesis titled Seeing: Herbarium in Wroclaw, prepared at the Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, under the supervision of the supervisor Dr. Tomasz Głowacki.
distinction 1.degree, herbarium project in Wroclaw
© Adriana Sowa
The jury justifies its decision this way:
Herbarium is a successful attempt to combine nature with architecture in a way in which the existing native vegetation is an important element of the site's context. Selected local plants with medicinal properties will be grown aeroponically in a climate-controlled building in a ring plan. The interior of the ring will be filled with a naturally-grown meadow. The location of the herbarium at the end of the recreational axis of a large housing estate with greenery, so called, will sensitize its residents to the problem of greenery in the city and the negative effects of the urban heat island on it.
honorable mention 1st degree, research center in Jordan
© Anna Jaruga-Rozdolska
A distinctionof 1.degree was also awarded to Anna Jaruga-Rozdolska author of the thesis entitled Research center in Wadi Rum, Jordan, prepared at the Faculty of Construction, Architecture and Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Lodz under the supervision of the supervisor Dr. Tomasz Krotowski.
As we read in the justification of the jury:
The work deserves an honorable mention due to its exceptionalinterdisciplinary study, the combination of knowledge from two fields: astronomy and architecture, and the result in the form of a functional technological object with a mature and beautiful architectural form. The boldness of reaching all the way to the stars is sensitively realized through discreet footprints in the desert sand.
3 equal 2nd degree honorable mentions
The 2nd degree honorable mention went to Zuzanna Robutka for her thesis entitled Socratic Dialogue Center prepared at the Faculty of Architecture of the Wrocław University of Technology, under the supervision of supervisor Dr. Mark Lamber.
2nd degree distinction, Socratic Center for Dialogue
© Zuzanna Robutka
The author of the project, undertook a not easy task. The difficult layout of the plot and spatial relationships was not the only challenge. The author decided to look for direct connections between space and philosophy, creating a universal Dialogue Center. She attempts to authorially unite a divisive society. Her project is intended to be an attempt at dialogue of multiple cultures and identities. This is a very responsible, necessary and how contemporary challenge. The architectural answer is simple, restrained and weighted with moderation in form and detail.
Another honorable mention was awarded to Alicja Sienkiewicz, author of the work entitled The Potential of Binder. Complementing the existing urban and social structure on the example of Rome, prepared at the Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, under the supervision of the supervisor Dr. Mark Lamber.
distinction 2.degree, Binder Potential.
© Alicja Sienkiewicz
The project attempts to repair parts of Rome's 5th district with small-scale architectural interventions. Filling hard-to-build gaps in the urban structure with small objects with functions that integrate the local community (community center, viewpoint, coworking) is intended to help residents overcome their sense of loneliness. The ambitious goal of the project is to return common Italian feasts to the streets of Rome, an image remembered by the author from her childhood travels in Italy.
honorable mention 2nd degree, Intergenerational village in Grabin.
© Aleksandra Sliwa, Demi Tran, Tadeusz Szaraniec
An honor able mention was also given to the team consisting of: Aleksandra Sliwa, Demi Tran, Tadeusz Szaraniec for their work Intergenerational Village in Grabin. A senior citizen's home integrated with a therapeutic center for children prepared at the Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology under the direction of promoter Dr. Anna Taczalska-Ryniak and assistant promoters Marek Bystroń and Wojciech Dulinski.
As we read in the justification:
The thesis performed in a team allowed to create a multithreaded, complete and coherent project. The design thesis of combining generations of users: to create a place for integration, but also to leave private space, was implemented in a complex of buildings inscribed in the natural landscape using the qualities of natural construction. The designers marked the anthropological footprint with a modular structure of the complex made of units called molecules in the thesis.
An additional prize was an invitation to a paid internship at APA Wojciechowski Architects in Warsaw or the Tri-City, which was awarded to Alicja Sienkiewicz, Adriana Sowa and Anna Jaruga-Rozdolska.
